Exerciser



C. T. STEVENS ET AL July 14, 1925.

EXERCISER Filed NOV. 27, 1922 Patented July 14, 1925.

N T- D STATES PATENT -o Pics.

CHARLES STEVENS: AND EDWIN S. ,DELAPLANE, OF ST; LOUIS, 'MISSOURI, AS

sIeNoRs, lav-Muslin ASSIGNMENTS, T0 ATHLETIC. HEALTH CHAIR COMPANY," on ST. LoUIs, MISSOURLA CORPORATION 015 MISSOURI. I L, I I

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Application filed November 27, 1922 Serial at. 603,570.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we CHARLES T. STEVENIS and EDWIN S. DELAPLA E, citizens of the United States, residing atjthecity ;Of St. Louis, in the State ofMissouri, hav ei nvented certain new anduseful Improvements in Exercisers, of which thefollowing is a specification. r n

This invention is an improvement ofth'e subject-matter of the patenttoWilliam E. Lauer for exerciser filed August 18, 1921 Patent No., 1,456,817. Itis to be understood that the device herein shown and described can be used inthe same'manner as the device illustrated and described in the warmer patent, but that the construction herein shown and described embodies improvements thereover. I

In the, accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which like numbers of reference denote like parts whereever they occur,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of this device when arranged to be used as an exerciser;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof when set up as a chair; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the sections of a front leg.

While useful for the purposes set forth in the said Lauer patent, this device is more or less in the way in small apartments, and in the plain form shown in the said Lauer patent. may be so unornamental as to be unwelcome in the ordinary living rooms of a home. The principal object of the present invention is to provide the Lauer apparatus with an ornamental form, so that it can be kept in any living room and also so to constructthat device that it will be useful as a chair when not in use as an exerciser.

Further features of invention are found in the necessary alteration of structure to accomplish the aforesaid purposes and in the addition of exerciser rings, the use of which is made possible with this'device by reason of the addition to the Lauer device of the chair feature.

All the parts of this device are formed, shaped, and finished in such a manner as to constitute the same when set up as a chair a beautiful and ornamental piece of furniture having all'the appearance of a high-class chair, the alternative use of which can not be detected from a front view of the chair The base 1 constitutes" the c airback.

The legs 2 extend therefromand are prefer I ably integral therewith. y i 1 i The legs 3 extend. fromthe seat-supporpi, but not so far 'aslegs' '2. Extension-or ex tensions 5 are provided -with 'scre'wt'hreads 6 adapted to co-operate with screwthreads in the legs 3 in the mannenclearly shown in Figures 2 and 3. When the device is to be used as a chair, the extensions 5are screwed into place as shown in Figure 2; Vvhen used as an exerciser, the extensions 5 are re moved, as shown in'Figureli p i The legs 3 contain grooves 7 in which projection 8 from seat 9 fits. This is so that the user can sit on seat 9 when exercising in the manner provided for in Figure 1. A similar groove 10 in seat-support 4 receives projection 8, and allows seat 9 to occupy the position shown in Figures 2 and 3 when the device is to be used as a chair.

Braces 11 steady legs 3 when used as a chair, and form a supporting post, therefore, when used in the manner shown in Figure 1.

Seat-support 4 is firmly attached to base 1. By this means and the braces 11, a firm structure either for a chair or an exerciser is provided. I

When a person using this device as an exerciser is seated upon seat 9 in the position shown in Figure 1, his toes will be held in toehold 12, which is preferably formed of a strap or band with a buckle 13 or the like, which toehold 12 is removable when not exercising, so that it will not mar the appearance of the device as a chair. The holders 14 for the toehold '12 are placed on the back Rings 15 and elastic or spring cords 16 are mounted on the backof thechairbaclz or base 1, soa'stobeou't of sight whennot in use", and this form of exercise known as pull cords can be used with the device when in the position shown in Figure 1 or in the position shown in Figures 2 and 3. The'hol'ders' H for the toehold 12 are located in a part 17 dished or countersunk in the chairbac'k or underneath side of the base 1, so that the. de-

be made therein without departing from he sp it f thi i enti n 1. t e/ cope of. the followin'g claims.

W claim 1 c a i e 1. An exereisingapparatus embodying the construction ofa'chair having front legs and screw-threaded extensions connected to the fr'ont'le'gs and adapted to be removed out of the way when the chair is laid on its back for use as'an exercising apparatus 2. exercisingapparfitusembodying the construction of a chair having front legs d sc e r hre d xt ns ns c nn c to the front legs: for supporting the device as a chair in one position andremovable out of the way when the chair'is laid on its back for use as an exercising apparatus.

3; An exercising apparatus comprising a base convertible into achairb'ack, with the to beremoved and out of the way when the device is used as an exercising apparatus.

4. Anrexercising apparatus embodying the construction of a chair having a back, rear legs, a seat Support and front legs, the front legs being formed of sections ofsubstantially equal lengths having detachable threaded connections and with the outer ends of the legs adapted for removal when the chair is laid on its back for use as exercising apparatus. V I

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures.

7 CHARLES vr. STEVENS- EDWIN s. DELAPLANE. 

